ICSD New Shipwreck Challenge...

[DetectorGuy]

As far as the other semi-popular challenge... the "TRINITY'S 1st Annual 2010/2011 Icing/ Anchoring Challenge, I thought that was VERY popular... but then again I may be one of the few that really liked the way that one turned out > . There were a lot of people reading it, but not a lot of people willing to jump into the actual contest. The diving was fun but the constant jabs and ribbing was way more fun than the diving! If there were less messing with each other... Do you think it would have over 35,000 reads, or do you think the people were that interested in seeing the difference from one rusty anchor to another? If you ask me, there were only five types of anchors: Navy, River, Mushroom, hybrid (like the Water Spike, Fortress, & lead shot filled Crab claw), and of course the "Utah". Of each of those types there might be the difference of whether or not it was vinyl coated, but mostly one looks like the last and so on... That sure was a ton of fun that winter!!!

So as far as this challenge goes, I am not interested in pumping up the numbers of people that read this thread. I do think of it as a database of sorts, that lets divers (especially new divers) know that you don't have to go to the mine pits or Superior to have a fun day of diving, and that there is probably a lake within minutes of each of their houses that may contain something that someone has never seen since it was sunk, scuttled, lost, or otherwise discarded. Life is too short to sit around and wait for a good place to go diving... Just throw a dart at a map, and dive the closest lake to it. You might be amazed what you find there.